Description: Further DetailsTitle: 101 Careers in Social WorkCondition: NewEAN: 9780826143259ISBN: 9780826143259Publisher: Springer Publishing Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/30/2019Description: This engaging guide addresses the extraordinary breadth of the social work profession and the diverse career paths available. Updated and expanded, the third edition includes 15 vivid new profiles of social workers who describe the rewards and challenges of their distinct roles. It presents "Social Justice Spotlights" highlighting important social and political issues relevant to different practice domains. The new edition also delivers current data on employment opportunities and salaries from the Department of Labor and provides links to new resources—books, essays, films, and websites—that enable readers to explore specific career paths in greater depth. It dispels common myths about the social work profession and demonstrates why social work is a smart choice for those seeking a career of service that requires creativity, critical thinking, compassion, and a passion for social justice. Illuminating current trends in social work education and practice, the book describes more than 100 specific careers—traditional and nontraditional—available to social workers, including best features, challenges, required core competencies and skills, educational and licensing requirements, and personal narratives. The book also covers how to fund one's education and provides job-hunting tools and websites. Additional features include, for each career, a discussion of benefits and challenges, job outlook, and salary information. Questionnaires and self-assessment checklists provide additional material to help readers choose a social work career tailored to their unique talents, interests, and passions.New to the Third Edition:Fifteen new personal narratives describing the benefits and challenges of different social work arenas"Social Justice Spotlight" for each field of social work practiceNew data on employment opportunities and salaries from the Department of Labor and other sourcesNew resources for additional career explorationKey Features:Describes more than 100 distinct career paths available to social workersAddresses pros and cons of each career including personal narrativesCovers educational and licensing requirements, employment opportunities and salariesIncludes job-hunting tools and websitesProvides self-assessment questionnaires and checklists to help readers assess which jobs would be a good fit based on their skills and passionsLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 519gAuthor: Kristin Lindsay Danhoff, Ann Obermann, Jessica A. RitterGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Personal Development, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: 101 Careers in Social Work
Title: 101 Careers in Social Work
EAN: 9780826143259
ISBN: 9780826143259
Release Date: 11/30/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 519g
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: 101 Careers in Social Work, Third Edition
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Social Work, Counseling / Career Development, Careers / General, Careers / Job Hunting
Type: Textbook
Author: Kristin Danhoff, Jessica A. Ritter, Ann Obermann
Subject Area: Social Science, Education, Business & Economics
Format: Trade Paperback
